Solution to #2: Pass Me the Glue
By referring to Arthur Stone, to flexibility, and to two sidex, the poem points to a Hexaflexagon. Printing the picture and building a hexaflexagon will reveal letters. 3 letters can be read off starting at C (as indicated), by folding the hexaflexagon "forwad". Then, the hexaflexagon should be flipped to and folded to read off the remaining 3 letters. If not read in order, one can still see that the only reasonable anagram of the 6 letters is the word "cannon".
CANNON